St. Paul daily globe., 1887-03-06
A SO LED ROMANCE.
Handouts for n SuitOr instead of
Hymen,s Bonds.

ukcu'S nOhoSs
Phoebe Tacson was sent to Grandaunt
Garraways at the foot of High peak, to get
her out of the way of Middleton De Motto,
She was little disappointed that the snug
Queen Anne cottage was not little more
dungeon like, and that the solitary mount
ain path turned out to be well-traVeled
turnpike;. and Mrs. Garraway, instead OF
being a hOok-noSed old crone with gold
headed cane and a temper, was a cheerful
old lady, whose cheeks were tinted with
fresh bloom like a winter apple, and who
wore black silk dress with lace ruffies.
Darling auntie," faltered Phoebe, after
she had been in Punishment several days,
may L tell you secret?"
''Confide entirely in me- my child" pat
ting her on the cheek.
"Well, then, he met me under the apple
trees last night" confessed Phoebe.
You've written to him, then?" said
Grandaunt Garraway, with a ShreWd twin
kle in her hazel eyes.
"Y-yes," owned Phoebe. 81 told him it
was unlike anything that [ had anticipated.
L described your pretty furniture and
| choice china, and the solid silver tea service
with the Garraway monogram on it, and
your set of amethysts, and he came on by
the earliest train
''Oh, he did?'
''He said he was hungering and thirstng
for one of my sweet glances," added Phoebe
very prettily. And he slept on the hay
in the barn last night
''My dear child. this will never do. He
must come here"
Here, auntie?"
ut isn't in the fitness of things that my
grand nlece's sutOr should be sneakug
around the back orchard and sleeping in the
hay loft like a tramp"
Phoebe colored.
But what else could he do Aunt Cara
way?" said she.
For that very reason," said the old lady.
with dignity, Il ask him here as guest.
My husbands nephew, Harry Sanford, is
to be here from Boston. but there is plenty
of room. Harry shall sleep in the cedar
chamber. Mr. DeNIotte shall have the red
room. Where is he now?"
IL think he is having cigar and read
ing the newspaper III the smoke house" :"
guiltily confessed Phoebe.
''Call him in. Tell him he shall be wei
come," said Mrs. Garraway.
Mr.. De Motto was tall and troubadore
like. He had dark, pensive eyes and wore
a very handsome satin neckte, and if his
fnger-naIls were not as clean as Mrs. Gar
raway liked to see still some people thought
differently upon such subjects.
Harry Sanford looks the most of gen.
tleman," thought Mrs. Garraway. And even
Phoebe, in mental comparison, could not
help owning to herself that Mr.. Sanford
was the most at his ease.
And Harry Sanford diligently talked poll
tics and did his best to amuse the stranger.
INT fl,n II 1Nf4 4l,,x,1 1ifrl,f
raway's hand fell softly on Phebe'S
shoulder. She started up.
-@"HuSh.' said the old lady. Don't utter
asound. Get up and come down stairs with
me-"
- ., "What is the matter?" gasped the girl.
''Y our fine lover is breaking into my big
chewywood bureau" said Mrs. Garraway.
HE has complete kit Of burglars tools,
But don't look SO frightened, my dear The
jeWel-caSe is there. but it is empty. Harry
Sanford has the pins and pendants at the
County bank. He's welcome to all he can
find. Harry and the farm laborers have
got his accomplice safely tied outside, and
they're ready to seize on him the moment he
steps across the threshold. But come
quickly! want You to see for yourself"
And standing on the staircase, where she
could peep through the transom light into
the back parlor, Phoebe beheld her trouba-
dour lover picking locks and prying open
drawers in a most businesslke manner.
In spite of her resolution she uttered
little cry. Mr.. De Motto looked up and
saw her. The next instant the room was
in darkness.
'But we caught the fellow as neatly as
possible" Harry Sanford said. afterward.
with the empty jewel-case in his posses
sion and lot of silver spoons in his breast
pocket He's an old hand, the Albany au-
thorities say. 'Light-Fingered Lemuel. ,
they call him, and he's safe to get a long
term in the penitentary."
Alas, poor Phoebe!
Harry Sanford set himself so diligently
to work to console the edisillusionized maiden
that he soon succeeded in restoring her
temporarily eclipsed smiles.
So the expedition to Grandaunt Cara
ways proved a success. after all. The Mid
dleton-De Motto engagement was broken
up, and there is every probability that
new one will rise phenix-llke out of its
ashes